BLOOM Meeting
Join us for our May Meeting! After experiencing the loss of a child, Mother’s Day can bring with it a sense of feeling misunderstood or unseen. Let us come together to celebrate motherhood – to say our babies names out loud at our Annual Mother’s Day Tea.
We will have complimentary tea and dessert for everyone to enjoy. ****Make sure to bring an item that is special and symbolic to your baby**** This could be photos, a stuffed animal, sonograms, a baby book, a song, a piece of artwork, etc… bring whatever is special to you. We will take turns sharing our items among the group, while sharing special stories about our babies. Come as you are.
BLOOM is a support group for parents who have experienced the heartbreaking loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, TFMR, abortion, or infant loss. We meet once a month in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, and welcome all who carry this kind of grief, whether it was yesterday or decades ago, regardless of circumstance or background.
Our gatherings are peer-led and gently guided, with an open and unstructured flow. We spend most of our time simply sharing about our babies, our stories, and the different ways grief touches our lives. Along the way, many important themes naturally come up – such as fear, anger, emptiness, guilt, sadness, depression, differences in how partners grieve, relationship strains, and (when the time feels right) healing and acceptance.
Please email or Facebook message our facilitator, Charmel Clough, prior to your first meeting so that we may plan for attendance.